Safety issues at construction site involves safety during excavation, scaffolding, formwork, working at heights, material handling and stacking, housekeeping works. The recommendations mentioned for safety in construction is based on Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Major Safety Issues at Construction ...
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TIPS FOR CORE EXTRACTION & TESTING OF CONCRETE
Core extraction and testing of concrete covers obtaining, preparing, and testing cores drilled from concrete for compressive strength test of casted concrete structures. Reference Standard codes: ASTM code C 42 IS 516 IS 1199 General Tips of Core Extraction: Concrete ...
HOW TO CONTROL WASTAGE OF CONCRETE AT SITE?
How to control wastage of concrete at site? While estimating quantity of concrete for particular structural work, we normally consider 3-5% as wastage. But wastage of concrete more than that can increase the cost of project and may impact project ...
Cement Based Waterproofing of Toilet Floors – Procedure and Testing
Cement Based waterproofing of toilet floors helps to stops the ingress of water flushing. This is one of the easiest and conventional methods of waterproofing which is gaining popularity due to its ease of construction. Cement Based waterproofing products are ...
WATERPROOFING OF CONCRETE STRUCTURES
Waterproofing of concrete structures is done by either suitable extraneous treatments like applying paints, fixing bitumen felts etc. or internally by suitable design of the concrete mix, addition of suitable admixtures in the concrete or mortar at the time of ...
What are Different Chemical Tests on Concrete Structures?
Chemical analysis of concrete can provide extremely useful information regarding the causes of failure of concrete. The tests most frequently carried out chemical tests on concrete structures are: Depth of carbonation Chloride content Cement content Sulphate content Type of cement ...
Standard Penetration Test (SPT)-Procedure,Precautions, Advantages
Standard Penetration Test (SPT) The standard penetration test is an in-situ test that is coming under the category of penetrometer tests. The standard penetration tests are carried out in borehole. The test will measure the resistance of the soil strata ...
ESTIMATING LIFE OF RESIDENTIAL BUILDING
There are different methods of estimating the life of a building. This can be done by carrying out health check up of the building. Depending on the degree of sophistication and desired accuracy level vis-a-vis the problem in hand ,there ...